Each person is an island unto himself, in a very real sense; and he can only build bridges to other islands if he is first of all willing to be himself and permitted to be himself.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

People only seriously consider change when they feel accepted for exactly who they are.

What you are to be, you are now becoming.

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

hey. I just wanted to make sure you got home, " I say. "Katniss, I live three houses away from you, " he says.

Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told.

Write it as you see in your own perspective, you may be right or wrong but then what, that's how you see it

I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility.

Recreational development is a job not of building roads into lovely country, but of building receptivity into the still unlovely human mind.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

I was as pure as the morning When I first looked on your face; I knew I never could reach you In your high, exalted place.

Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible.

He wanted to give me a blade? What's wrong with that?” “Blades,” he whispered, “and sheaths go together. And your sheath will only ever hold my blade.